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Cooper argues that, despite his own skepticism about fame, Chaucer was the "model of fame" in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century England. Comments on Chaucer's appeal to humanists, to Protestants, and to Catholics and on Chaucer's role as "father" of…

Treats Alceste as Christian emblem of transformation in LGW.

Suggests that both TC and CT conclude in accord with the medieval rhetorical principle of "digression." Identifies the device in medieval rhetoric tradition, particularly the "Poetria Nova" of Geoffrey of Vinsauf, and applies it briefly to the…

Discusses tensions between disorder and coherence in the conclusions of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," "Pearl," "Cleannes," and "Patience," contrasted to conclusions of works by Chaucer.

Focuses on Chaucer, Gower, and Langland, demonstrating how these poets bring together philosophical and theological ideas as they craft their poetry. Considers the innovations of Chaucer and Gower in terms of literary and poetic theory.

Chaucer's and Langland's depictions of clergy are rooted in the "biblical topos of contrastive portraits for emulation and rejection," reflecting the medieval belief that church reform depended on the renewal of the clergy. Chaucer's Parson and…

Chaucer's use of penitential motifs is ironic, as seen in the Host. ParsT is a penitential manual.

Surveys a wide range of representations of peasants and links with poverty in medieval poetry, with particular emphasis on works by Langland, Chaucer, and Gower, as well as a number of their near-contemporaries. Contrasts Langland's Piers with…

In TC, Chaucer creates a persona who embodies two conflicting modes of response, thus leaving it up to the reader to find a reconciliation.

Drawing on BD, TC, and the Gawain poet, Bourgne studies the influence of architecture on poetry.

Item not seen; WorldCat records indicate that this includes Spanish translation of a selection of Chaucer's poetry, with an introduction.

Disagrees with modern critical arguments that CkT, SqT, HF, and LGW are intentionally open-ended. Surveys the textual history and continuations of these poems to show that recent opinions probably result from post-Romantic "taste for the…

Includes an excerpt from BD (the Black Knight's lament, lines 475-86), with Maggie Dietz's brief comments about how Middle English words "change in the mouth" (p. 128).

Anthologizes English poems and excerpts alphabetically by author, including the Envoy to ClT (7.1178-1212), translated by Hodnett into Modern English in rhyme royal stanzas.

Anthologizes poetry for a juvenile audience, arranged topically. Includes the first eighteen lines of GP in Middle English (pp. 168–69) in a section entitled "Extra Credit."

Transcribes a version of Lydgate's "Thoroughfare of Woe" from London, British Library, Additional MS 60577 (the "Winchester anthology") and discusses it in light of other versions, commenting on it as "an extended meditation on a proverbial saying""…

Chaucer's Truth and Gentilesse (and other English works) were added into the Rushall Psalter (Nottingham University Library, MS Me LM1) when it was owned by John Harpur. The additions reflect Harpur's anxiety about the contingencies of his social…

Twenty-line poem in five four-line stanzas, with possible echoes of GP, a reference to Chaucer in the title, and a quotation of GP lines 1.9-10 on the cover. This art edition is limited to 300 copies, designed as a holiday greeting, with a cover…

A lesson plan for teaching students to pronounce Chaucer's Middle English using audio files; includes assignments.

Emphasizes the dialogic openness of CT, commenting on competing and unresolved characters, social classes, and themes.

Explores development and uses of plural nouns from Old to Modern English. Modern English plural usage was already established for the most part in Chaucer's Middle English.

Links the rise of falconry in the Middle Ages to the use of falconers' discourses as lenses for understanding texts. Discusses falconry metaphors in TC.

Contends that Chaucer's portrait of the Plowman in GP and "The Plowman's Tale" contribute to an understanding of how late medieval plowman traditions influenced early modern writings.

Assesses "maternal authority" in literary works from Augustine's "Confessions" to Tony Kushner's "Angels in America," including a chapter entitled "Maternal Abandonment, Maternal Deprivation: Tales of Griselda in Boccaccio, Petrarch, Chaucer, and…

Lesson ideas for teaching CT to twelve-year-olds; mentions a prospective BBC animated version of CT.